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10th Tahiti Pearl Regatta - see the images by Morgan Rogers By Morgan Rogers/Sail-World Cruising, Raiatea , 12:37 PM Sun 19 May 2013
The Tahiti Pearl Regatta (TPR), from 8-12 May, offered a festive and fun meeting, within preserved and enchanting islands. This year the TPR sailed from Raiatea to Bora Bora, Taha'a and Huahine, from 8 to 12 May 2013. They even pretended sometimes they were racing ...[more]

Fremantle to Bali Rally 2013 sets off in fine weather style By Marina Valmadre/Sail-World Cruising, 8:53 AM Tue 7 May 2013
Saturday was a beautiful autumn day in Fremantle when the 2013 Fremantle to Bali Race & Rally got underway in front of hundreds of spectator craft and watched by thousands of people lining the North Mole and the beaches from Leighton to Cottesloe. The event attracted a total fleet of 33 boats with 21 of the yachts involved in the rally and 12 involved in the racing division. ...[more]

Fremantle to Bali Rally 2013 sets off in fine weather style By Marina Valmadre/Sail-World Cruising, 10:57 AM Mon 6 May 2013
Saturday was a beautiful autumn day in Fremantle in Western Australia when the 2013 Fremantle to Bali Race & Rally departed through hundreds of spectator craft and watched by thousands of people lining the local beaches. The event attracted a total fleet of 33 boats with 21 of the yachts involved in the rally and 12 involved in the racing division - an excellent turnout for an Indian Ocean Rally. ...[more]

Cornell's new twin Atlantic Odyssey takes Transat rallies to four By Sail-World Cruising, , 8:47 AM Sat 4 May 2013
While it is a long way from Australia, crossing the north Atlantic, devoid of mid-ocean islands and a distance of almost 3000nm, is a challenge that many cruising sailors love to take on. Now, with the addition of two new departures, there are four cruising rallies to choose from if you find yourself fortunate enough to be there. ...[more]

Cornell's new twin Atlantic Odyssey takes Transat rallies to four By Sail-World Cruising, 7:01 AM Sat 4 May 2013
Once there was just the ARC - the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, a transatlantic rally, started by cruising guru Jimmy Cornell over 25 years ago. Last year a new rally was announced, the 2013 Christmas Caribbean Rally, now Jimmy Cornell, who had long ago severed his relationship with the ARC, has announced not one, but two new transatlantic rallies. All four rallies leave from the Canary Islands. ...[more]

Old Gaffers gather to celebrate 50 years By Nancy Knudsen, , 2:00 PM Mon 29 Apr 2013
Gaff-rigged sailing boats have never really lost their charm - or their passionate followers, and this year the Old Gaffer Association is celebrating its 50th Anniversary. ...[more]

Old Gaffers gather to celebrate 50 years By Nancy Knudsen, 2:37 AM Mon 29 Apr 2013
Gaff-rigged sailing boats have never really lost their charm - or their passionate followers, and this year the Old Gaffer Association is celebrating its 50th Anniversary. ...[more]

The Gathering Cruise in Ireland July 2013 By Nancy Knudsen, 6:31 AM Mon 22 Apr 2013
If you are anywhere within a short sail of Ireland (or even if you have to fly there), there's a gathering for sailors you won't want to miss. In fact, that's the name - The Gathering Cruise in July 2013. It is a cruise consisting of sailors from around the world, gathering together for fun, mutual support, and some grand cruising between Dublin and Kerry. Around 100 yachts are expected to join ...[more]

New 'cold water route' for World ARC 2015 By Nancy Knudsen, , 6:53 AM Sat 30 Mar 2013
If you have ever wanted to sail 'the Horn' but the challenge was daunting, the World ARC, the round-world version of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) run by the World Cruising Club, is planning an east-west route, via the spectacular Beagle Channel. ...[more]

Christmas Caribbean Rally adds racing division By Nancy Knudsen, 9:26 AM Tue 26 Mar 2013
There are always some sailors who want to make it a race, so the Christmas Caribbean Rally, the new Transatlantic sailing rally from the Canary Islands to Antigua and introduced recently as a cruising rally only, has added a racing division. ...[more]

Calling Caribbean sailors: New Rally to the Amazon Basin from Trinidad By Nancy Knudsen, 7:03 AM Tue 19 Mar 2013
So you've finished your sailing season in the Caribbean and now you have to either fly home (whether home is in Sussex, Ohio or Australia) or hunker down for the season and do some maintenance. No, it's not true - there's another option – there's the new Nereid's Rally to some exotic destinations of Guyana and French Guiana. ...[more]

Caribbean Rendezvous in the BVI's - coming soon By Louisa Nightingale/Sail-World Cruising, , 8:53 AM Sat 9 Mar 2013
Whether you are visiting the Caribbean from Europe, escaping from more northerly American climes or are a full time cruiser, the place to be at the beginning of April is the Cruising Association's Caribbean Rendezvous, taking place in North Sound Virgin Gorda at the easterly end of the British Virgin Islands. ...[more]

Oyster World Rally through the Panama Canal By Louay Habib/Sail-World Cruising, 11:57 AM Sat 2 Mar 2013
Following the start of the Oyster World Rally from Antigua in early January, the fleet has been enjoying over a month’s cruising in the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean before meeting up in Panama for a rendezvous on the 15th February. A fleet of 26 Oyster yachts have now navigated through the Panama Canal into the Pacific Ocean. ...[more]

An Antipodean experience - Louisiades Rally in September 2013 By Nancy Knudsen, , 11:18 AM Mon 25 Feb 2013
Charter a yacht and experience one of the most exciting rally experiences in the world. Now in its sixth year, the Louisiades Yacht rally is being held in September 2013 and going from strength to strength. So where on earth is the Louisiades? It is actually the 'tail' of New Guinea The Louisiades Archipelago is 520 nautical miles north-east of Cairns and 100 nautical miles east of 'mainland' Papu ...[more]

Louisiades Yacht Rally in September 2013 - now in its sixth year By Nancy Knudsen, 3:48 PM Sat 23 Feb 2013
Now in its sixth year, the Louisiades Yacht rally is being held in September 2013 and going from strength to strength. There is strong ongoing interest from the local community to host the Rally and there remains strong support from the Provincial Government and the Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority. ...[more]

Blue Planet Odyssey - why the Northwest Passage? By Jimmy Cornell/Sail-World Cruising, , 9:04 AM Sat 16 Feb 2013
The decision for the Blue Planet Odyssey, one of the most ambitious world circumnavigation rallies ever to be launched, to sail through the Northwest Passage has generated a debate over the justification for a small fleet of cruising boats navigating through this once impenetrable and still difficult and challenging area. ...[more]

Blue Planet Odyssey - why the Northwest Passage? By Jimmy Cornell/Sail-World Cruising, 8:47 AM Sat 16 Feb 2013
The decision for the Blue Planet Odyssey, one of the most ambitious world circumnavigation rallies ever to be launched, to sail through the Northwest Passage has generated a debate over the justification for a small fleet of cruising boats navigating through this once impenetrable and still difficult and challenging area. ...[more]

11th Van Diemens Land Circumnavigation Cruise sets off By Peter Campbell/Sail-World, 10:03 AM Fri 15 Feb 2013
This week some 200 sailors aboard 37 cruising yachts and three motor cruisers set sail from the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania in Hobart on the 11th biennial Van Diemens Land Circumnavigation Cruise, familiarly known as the VDL-C. ...[more]

World's most famous rally gets 40 extra berths By World Cruising Club/Sail-World Cruising, 4:14 PM Fri 1 Feb 2013
Every year several Australian boats set off on a world circumnavigation and end up joining the ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers). And now there will be more places. For years there have been limitations on berthing in Las Palmas where the rally begins. This year, Las Palmas is increasing the number of its berths by 40. ...[more]

Sailors invited to Gathering Cruise around Ireland in 2013 By Daria and Alex Blackwell, www.coastalboating.net , 1:18 PM Sat 19 Jan 2013
2013 is designated as the year of the Gathering in The Republic of Ireland, in which the diaspora and friends are being invited from all over the world to visit during an amazing year-long celebration. One of the events being organized is The Gathering Cruise, a cruise in company from Dublin to Dingle around the eastern and southern coasts of the island. ...[more]

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